• A Phlaming Phoenix@lemm.ee
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      There are places like this or the Castro district in San Francisco that attract queer people and have large queer populations.

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    She is so hard that she needs a bulletproof vest protectibg her from the hard society like enjoys so much

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    “In America, you can be anything you want, so don’t be weak and gay.”

    … What if I want to be those things?

    Why doesn’t she choose not to be fucking stupid and not an asshole?

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      I want to be gay but I’m too weak to go through all the shit society throws at gay people, so I’ll conform and hide my true self.

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      can i be moderately strong and gay but probably slightly closer to weak than strong because i wanna get fucked senseless by a strong protective man be a twink

      not that i want that or anything

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    I hope reality turns out to be an incredibly immersive sequel to Idiocracy or something similar that I can wake up from and criticize for being dumb, if occasionally amusing. It’s the only way I can make peace with things like this story.

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      I mean, you probably are in a simulation, if that makes you feel any better.

      But it may well be a simulation of the history leading up to a society capable of simulating the past.

      And as anyone who has ever sat through a history class knows, you tend not to be forced to study the chill parts of history where everything is awesome.

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    I am not sure how anyone can be “weak” when they constantly face so much discrimination, bullying and harassment and choose to spread a message that is essentially love is love. That’s heroic, not weak. You know who else persisted with a message of love under duress and hardship? Jesus.

    Edit to say that I agree with the other commenters about being Strong and Gay 💪🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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      It’s interesting because I just saw a documentary about Roy Cohn and even though he was gay as the day was long, he would never identify as gay. Mostly because he viewed gay people as weak and as victims. Which wouldn’t mesh with his view of himself as powerful. It’s an abhorrent mindset that might apply here as well.

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    In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay.

    So, you can’t be anything you want? It’s incredible that she doesn’t hear the irony.

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      You can be anyone you want and if we don’t like it we can subject you to indescribable horrors.

      It’s called Freedom, sweetie, and everyone has it.

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      It makes sense though. They ruin the educational system, poison the waters and tell everyone that its a waste of time and effort, and muddy the waters to make understanding harder. Anyone who ever left the hood will tell you - education is fucking everything.

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        in the 80’s we kept getting told about the evils of homosexuality from men whose breath probably smelt of truck-stop foreskin.

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      “In America, you can be anything you want. So don’t be weak and gay. Stay fucking hard,” Gomez instructs viewers in the video, delivering one of the most unintentionally homoerotic lines of the 21st century so far.

      Great writing.

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    Be strong like me: a woman who has to put on armor and carry a gun in order to be anywhere with lines painted on the road, drive a six ton tank vehicle, put up cameras everywhere, live in the middle of nowhere, requires militarized bathroom police to protect me from trans people, and wants the entire Mexican border covered in razor and electrical wire.

  • Onions Sliced Thin@lemmy.world
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    What’s the current over/under on her being outed in the next six months with an underage cheerleader, and having to apologize deeply to her family and constituents while continuing on her mission to destroy our country?